Marta Cruells is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Government and Public Policy (Autonomous University of Barcelona) and professor at the University of Vic. She is specialist in gender theory, penal systems and analysis and evaluation of public policies. She has also worked on social exclusion and social movements. She has several publications in books and journals and has co-edited the books Women, Integration and Prison (Aurea, 2005) and Democracy of the future. 15M to the emergence of a vibrant civil society (Icaria, 2013). Currently, she is also editor of the «Yearbook of social movements» (Betiko Foundation) and member of the Women's Association for Research and Action (ALIA).